See Lakewood's auto theft, recovery stats: Stolen in the Suburbs

LAKEWOOD, Ohio - Lakewood was chosen by cleveland.com as one of eight Cleveland suburbs to profile for its "Stolen in the Suburbs" series.

The statistics used in this project were gleaned from all 2014 and 2015 stolen vehicle police reports provided by the respective cities. In total, 855 vehicles were reported stolen from the eight chosen suburbs in those two years.

Lakewood was chosen as one of eight suburbs profiled in cleveland.com's "Stolen in the Suburbs" series. The series looks into how many cars were stolen and recovered from the city in 2014 and 2015.Bruce Geiselman, special to cleveland.com

Lakewood, a suburb that borders Cleveland to the west, is one of the most densely populated cities in Ohio. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, the city's population was just over 52,000 residents.

Here's how Lakewood compares to the other suburbs:

How many?: Of the 855 reported stolen vehicles, 161 (18.8 percent) were taken from Lakewood.

When were they stolen?: Of the 161 reported stolen vehicles, about half of them were taken overnight and discovered missing the next morning.

Were they found?: Out of the 161 reported stolen vehicles, about 73 percent of those cars were recovered. That means about 27 percent of vehicles were not reported as found.

Where were they stolen?: While the vehicle thefts were spread out across the city, it appears that most of the thefts took place on streets in the northeast section of the city.

Where were they found?: About 64 percent of the recovered cars were found in Cleveland.

What kind of vehicles were taken?: Of the vehicles stolen from Lakewood, nearly 25 percent of them were Dodge vehicles. More than half of those were Dodge Caravans with model years between 1998-2005.

Click the points on the map above to learn more about the vehicle thefts.